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Re:Father builds automated drone to watch son walk to the bu... by pav3l on Saturday December 01, 2012 @08:29PM (#4859714)
In case anyone is interested in tracking their kids, the drone software is open source: http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/
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Re:Father builds automated drone to watch son walk to the bu... by unimpressive on Saturday December 01, 2012 @10:48PM (#4859997)
I'm not sure how that would guard his son from threats. Wouldn't it be more useful (and simpler) to just walk with him to the bus stop?
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Re:Father builds automated drone to watch son walk to the bu... by markyc on Sunday December 02, 2012 @07:02AM (#4860951)
i think it's obvious he'd rather spend countless hours at the workbench than do that :D
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Re:Father builds automated drone to watch son walk to the bu... by chris_wot on Sunday December 02, 2012 @08:41AM (#4861136)
Didn't you read the article? Apparently it was too cold to go outside...
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Re:Father builds automated drone to watch son walk to the bu... by jack-r-abbit on Monday December 03, 2012 @02:28PM (#4867309)
but apparently not too cold for his son to make the walk... o_0
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Re:Father builds automated drone to watch son walk to the bu... by chimeracoder on Saturday December 01, 2012 @10:37PM (#4859977)
Is anybody else creeped out by the idea of training our children to be comfortable being monitored by drones?
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Re:Father builds automated drone to watch son walk to the bu... by yozmsn on Sunday December 02, 2012 @12:39AM (#4860232)
Gives new meaning to the term helicopter parenting.
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Re:Father builds automated drone to watch son walk to the bu... by Evbn on Saturday December 01, 2012 @11:00PM (#4860027)
Stalker builds WiFi interception software to walk rival's son walk to the bus stop.
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